MSc(Eng) Data Communications

About the course

Study the dynamic field of efficient information transfer around the globe. We teach this course jointly with the Department of Computer Science so you get up-to-date knowledge and understanding, and individual support for an industry-relevant compact research project.

Core modules

• Mathematics for Communications
• Network Performance Analysis
• Network and Internetwork Architectures
• Communication Principles
• Digital Communications
• Mobile Networks and Low-level Protocols
• Research Techniques and Thesis Preparation
• Substantial industry-relevant individual research project leading to a dissertation

Optional modules

• Object-Oriented Programming and Software Design or Foundations of Object Oriented Programming
• 3D Computer Graphics
• Software Development for Mobile Devices
• JAVA E-Commerce
• Antennas and Propagation
• Antennas, Radar and Navigation
• Visual Information Engineering
• Computational Vision
• Video Analysis and Processing
• RF and Optical Telecommunications
• Computer Security and Forensics
• Systems Architecture Design

Teaching

Teaching is research-led from EEE and Computer Science. You'll carry out an individual research project with supervision throughout the project and during preparation of your dissertation.

Assessment

• Examinations
• Coursework assessments
• A project dissertation with oral examination

Our graduates are in demand

Many go to work in industry as engineers for large national and international companies, including Rolls-Royce, Vodafone and Intel. Others continue to a research degree and an academic career.

Real-world applications

This is a research environment. What we teach is based on the latest ideas. The work you do on your course is directly connected to real-world applications.

We work with government research laboratories, industrial companies and other prestigious universities. Significant funding from UK research councils, the European Union and industry means you have access to the best facilities.

First-class facilities

Our state-of-the-art semiconductor growth and processing equipment is housed in an extensive clean room complex as part of the EPSRC’s National Centre for III-V Technologies.

Semiconductor Materials and Devices

• Laser photodetectors and transistor design
• A high-tech field-emission gun transmission electron microscope (FEGTEM)
• A focused ion beam (FIB) milling facility
• Electron beam lithographic equipment

Electrical Machines and Drives

• Specialist facilities for the design and manufacture of electromagnetic machines
• Dynamometer test cells
• A high-speed motor test pit
• Environmental test chambers
• Electronic packaging and EMC testing facilities
• Rolls Royce University Technology Centre for Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives

Communications

• Advanced anechoic chambers for antenna design and materials characterisation
• Outdoor free-field range facility at the Buxton site
• A lab for calibrated RF dosimetry of tissue to assess pathogenic effects of electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones
• Extensive CAD electromagnetic analysis tools

Vision and Information Engineering

• Wide ranging area of 'information' from numerically generated holograms for lithographic applications to image processing, computer vision, and machine learning.

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